Empoison - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|emˈpɔɪzən|
Brit.
|ɪmˈpɔɪzn|
verb
- 1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, X, lxv:And with empoison'd cups our souls beguiles,
She, with sweet words and false enticing smiles,Infused love among the dainties set,
And with empoison'd cups our souls beguiles,And made each knight himself and God forget.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.13:And with empoison'd cups our souls beguiles,And made each knight himself and God forget.
In Cæsars civill warres, Lutius Domitius taken in Prussia, having empoysoned himselfe, did afterward rue and repent his deede.
noun
- (obsolete) poison
Extra examples
...a series of misfortunes had empoisoned him against the whole world...
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